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Contribution Oral
On the status of the dip in UHECR spectrum
Speakers
- Prof. Veniamin BEREZINSKY
Primary authors
- Prof. Veniamin BEREZINSKY (INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso)
Co-authors
- Prof. Veniamin BEREZINSKY (Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy)
- Dr. Askhat GAZIZOV (B.I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, Minsk, Belarus)
- Dr. Svetlana GRIGORIEVA (Institute for Nuclear Research of RAS, Moscow, Russia)
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Abstract content
Similar to the GZK cutoff, the dip is a signature of UHE proton
interaction with Cosmic Microwave Radiation (CMB). It is produced
due electron-positron production in collisions of protons with CMB
photons. The dip is located in energy range 1 - 40 EeV. It is
demonstrated that the dip is very well confirmed by the data of
AGASA, Fly's Eye, Hires and Yakutsk detectors. Since the energy
position of the dip is model-independent it can be used for energy
calibration of the detectors. After this energy calibration the
absolute fluxes, measured by all detectors, coincide well. Based
on the dip and energy-calibrated data of all detectors, the prediction
for the Auger measured spectrum and absolute flux is made for energy
interval 1 - 70 EeV, which includes beginning of the GZK cutoff.
Reference
Proceedings of the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference; Rogelio Caballero, Juan Carlos D'Olivo, Gustavo Medina-Tanco, Lukas Nellen, Federico A. Sánchez, José F. Valdés-Galicia (eds.); Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico, 2008; Vol. 4 (HE part 1), pages 507-510